爛gag

爛gag

1. (Cantonese) bad joke; corny joke; cheesy joke (Classifier: 個／个 c)
   • 2016, 李八方, “隔牆有耳：CY爛gag　觀眾5秒先識笑”, in 蘋果日報 [Apple Daily]‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 June 2017:

     CY講完後全場靜默，兩秒後佢自己打圓場話係爛gag，台下觀眾再過3秒先識笑。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     CY讲完后全场静默，两秒后佢自己打圆场话系烂gag，台下观众再过3秒先识笑。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     si¹ waai¹ gong² jyun⁴ hau⁶ cyun⁴ coeng⁴ zing⁶ mak⁶, loeng⁵ miu⁵ hau⁶ keoi⁵ zi⁶ gei² daa² jyun⁴ coeng^4-2 waa⁶ hai⁶ laan⁶ gek¹, toi⁴ haa⁶ gun¹ zung³ zoi³ gwo³ saam¹ miu⁵ sin¹ sik¹ siu³. [Jyutping]

     After CY said this, the whole place was completely silent. Two seconds later, he smoothed things out for himself, saying that it's a cheesy joke, and the audience didn't start laughing until three more seconds later.

• 冷笑話／冷笑话 (lěngxiàohuà)